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SETTLING OF COAL CREEK Two companies were s e n t to settle Coal Creek--Company
F, commanded by Captain Henry Lunt, consisting of 25 men: and Company C, commanded by Peter M . Fife, consisting of
They arrived 11 men, which made a total of 36 men. November 11, 1851. Both companies were under the command of Matthew C a r r u t h e r s , a major in the Iron County Militia stationed at Parowan. (From Dr. Morris A . Shirts)
F Company -
Company
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Henry Lunt Samuel West James H . Martineau James Baird James Bullock William Stone James Williamson Alexander Kier Robert Henry Duncan Ross George Cassell William C. Mitchell J r . John Tout James Thorpe Richard Harrison William Woods James Whittaker S r . James Whittaker J r . Thomas Rowland William Slack Edward Williams William Evans John Stoddard Thomas Cartwright John Chatterley
Peter M. Fife Joseph Chatterley Alexander Easton John Easton George Easton Robert Easton William Bateman Alexander Ross Daniel Ross Nephi Johnson S. Johnson
Information contained in a letter written b y George A . Smith, November 5. 1851 ( t h e day these companies were organized), was published in the Deseret News, November 2 9 , 1851, as follows: ' I . ..Yesterday a site was surveyed for a fort and stock corral on Coal Creek, some 20 miles from Parowan. Today a company has been organized to commence immediate operations on the construction of the new post. They a r e mostly comprised of English, I r i s h , Scotch, and Welsh miners and iron manufacturers. They have also been organized into two companies of militia. Matthew C a r r u t h e r s i s the major. They will commence Monday to p u t up the corral; after which, they will move their families, who a r e remaining h e r e , and encamp in their corral until their fort is completed."

Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City.

SETTLING OF COAL CREEK Two companies were s e n t to settle Coal Creek--Company
F, commanded by Captain Henry Lunt, consisting of 25 men: and Company C, commanded by Peter M . Fife, consisting of
They arrived 11 men, which made a total of 36 men. November 11, 1851. Both companies were under the command of Matthew C a r r u t h e r s , a major in the Iron County Militia stationed at Parowan. (From Dr. Morris A . Shirts)
F Company -
Company
5
Henry Lunt Samuel West James H . Martineau James Baird James Bullock William Stone James Williamson Alexander Kier Robert Henry Duncan Ross George Cassell William C. Mitchell J r . John Tout James Thorpe Richard Harrison William Woods James Whittaker S r . James Whittaker J r . Thomas Rowland William Slack Edward Williams William Evans John Stoddard Thomas Cartwright John Chatterley
Peter M. Fife Joseph Chatterley Alexander Easton John Easton George Easton Robert Easton William Bateman Alexander Ross Daniel Ross Nephi Johnson S. Johnson
Information contained in a letter written b y George A . Smith, November 5. 1851 ( t h e day these companies were organized), was published in the Deseret News, November 2 9 , 1851, as follows: ' I . ..Yesterday a site was surveyed for a fort and stock corral on Coal Creek, some 20 miles from Parowan. Today a company has been organized to commence immediate operations on the construction of the new post. They a r e mostly comprised of English, I r i s h , Scotch, and Welsh miners and iron manufacturers. They have also been organized into two companies of militia. Matthew C a r r u t h e r s i s the major. They will commence Monday to p u t up the corral; after which, they will move their families, who a r e remaining h e r e , and encamp in their corral until their fort is completed."